High Court Judge John Chirwa has thrown out an application for leave to appeal against against the November 2 order to register the movement as a political party within seven days, saying there noo reasonable grounds for appeal. Through senior State advocate in the Attorney General’s (AG) Chambers Neverson Chisiza, the State is challenging High […]
The grouping running a national elections campaign, code-named Youth Decide 2019, to dial up youth energies and active participation ahead of 2019 Tripartite Elections will on Thursday November 8 convene at a conference at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on how the youth can influence political outcome and steer the country’s development agenda. According to the campaign’s […]
Opposition parties who met in Blantyre to find a common ground following the response from the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on the stolen Biometric Voter Registration Kit (BVRK) have called for MEC chair Justice Jane Ansah, chief elections officer Sam Alfandika and other senior officials at the commission to step aside to allow for independent forensic […]
The Attorney General’s office has filed a notice of appeal with Supreme Court of Malawi to challenge registration of United Transformation Movement as the UTM party. High Court judge John Chirwa last Friday ordered registrar of Political Parties to register UTM within seven days and that the registration should be backdated to September 21 2018. But […]
A large majority of Malawians feel the country is going in the wrong direction including a significant proportion of sympathisers of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), an Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) survey has established. The survey dated October 2018 led by University of Malawi professors Blessings Chinsinga, Boniface Dulani, Joseph Chunga and […]
Newly-formed UTM party led by Vice President Saulos Chilima has said it values the public-opinion survey research conducted by Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) which shows the party is third in voting intentions after the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). UTM spokesman Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the […]
Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) research reveals that main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is “clearly ahead” of all political parties as party perceived as “best capable of resolving what most Malawians consider to be the most important national problem – food shortage.” The survey, dated October 2018 had a national representative final sample […]
Former president Joyce Banda leads as most trusted political leader, a survey shows. Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) research reveals that Banda – who was mired in a corruption scandal of unprecedented scale dubbed Cash gate – that led her to lose the 2014 elections is most trusted leader, albeit with only 32% trust […]
Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya has bemoaned regime tactics aimed at bringing fear in the lives of the citizens especially those following UTM party lead by Vice-President Saulos Chilima. Msowoya said this in Nkhotakota during a UTM rally. “But I urge you to stand your ground, do not be afraid just like I am not […]
Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) research on the political environment towards the 2019 Tripartite Elections shows President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) may have an edge over the opposition to get his second and mandatory final five-year term. DPP spokesman and Minister of Information Nicholous Dausi said said IPOR survey is reflective of reality […]
Public opinion survey conducted by Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (IPOR) indicates the Malawi May 21 2019 elections remains too close to call as the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is the biggest loser in the current political climate with the coming of new party UTM led by Vice President Saulos Chilima as the ruling […]
Former president and People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has said she will continue to champion social protection for women, children, the vulnerable and underprivileged people in Malawi. Banda highlighted her pro-poor priorities which she promises to undertake to uplift lives of its citizens when elected to return to power in May 21 2019 Tripartite […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has backed calls by the electoral stakeholders to engage independent investigators to assess components of a biometric voter registration kit that went missing in Mwanza and Mzuzu, saying the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) whose credibility is seriously damaged, cannot investigate itself. During a highly-charged National Elections Consultative Forum (Necof) meeting in […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) southern region vice president Kondwani Nankhumwa whipped up support for the party when thousands of Blantyre Ndirande and Malabada residents filled the Nyambadwe School Ground on Sunday, November 4 2018 during a mass rally as a massive show of strength where he unveiled ambitious plans which government would initiate. […]
Senior Chief Kapeni of Blantyre has endorsed President Peter Mutharika as the best candidate in the forthcoming Tripartite Elections slated for May 21 2019. He made the endorsement on Sunday during a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rally at Nyambadwe ground addressed by the DPP’s Vice President for the Southern Region, Kondwani Nankhumwa under the theme: […]
Threatened by the registration of UTM as a political party, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu has gazetted a notice of commencement of for Political Parties Act from December 1 2018, which President Peter Mutharika assented to on January 24 this year with the aim of barring UTM of contesting in next year’s […]
To understand the reason a small country like Malawi with very solvable problems is living on the fringes of utter poverty and struggling to develop, one simply needs to understand what Malawian politics since the dawn of the multiparty era. Malawian politicians have perfected the artof creating problems and then campaign against them. Have you […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has said Friday’s court ruling to register UTM as a political party is the start of ‘a road to victory’ for the party in next year’s tripartite elections. Chilima who is also current leader of UTM spoke during a resource mobilization dinner and dance for UTM dubbed ‘Kuwala night’ held at […]